The only thing I missed since changing to Linux was short program which would make it possible to make quick notes and/ or diary-entries.

I discovered the magic of the command line then and…hey – I began to think LOL – it has to be solution.

So – yesterday I found quite nice even if not perfect “remedy” for my not satisfied yet needs. It’s my first trial to make something in bash – so, please, be gentle…ok? 😉 But – if you have the better or smarter solution – or you see how you can improve mine – do not hesitate to leave the comment here – it will be very appreciated – as I only start to learn bash.

So – “back to our rams” – the solution is simple: You can simply add following alias to your .bashrc file:

3. Reload your window manager by fi. log out and log into it. You can also simply clse the terminal window and open it again (malsdad tip 🙂 ) or type in the terminal: source .bashrc (which doesn’t require from you closing existing instance of a terminal) -> your bash configuration file will be reloaded and you can start using your alias.

4. Open terminal of your choice and simply type into it: dz

The effect – everything you type after using alias dz and then: typing end and – Ctrl d (thanks to malsdad, again for a tip!) will be saved in text file under the name of current date in the directory called diary. You can also press Enter and Ctrl c 😉 to save the file…

What’s more – you can use the alias as often as you wish during the day – next entries will be added “auto-magically” 😉 to the same file with the current date and time underneath…Magic – isn’t it? he he

In the similar way you can create an alias to make notes in the terminal using for example following code:

And – please once again – remember that it is just the first step – one can certainly create much smarter bash script or script in other language… Anyway – it was funny to find it out on my own and I hope that it will help somebody else with similar to mine “problems” or… perhaps – inspire one of the Great Coders around…? who knows…? 😉